Hotel Ballymun and Mountjoy c& c

thebaz

Spent the afternoon out in Hotel Ballymun , well worth the visit , recommend it , spectacular views from top floor .
Stopped of on the way back to get a few of Mountjoy prison, got as far as i could without getting arrested, and goaded by visitors !
Took a few of a various charcters around town as well

They are on page 1 and 2 of my flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebaz/

These are my 3 favorites from afternoon


http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebaz/452935927/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebaz/452916477/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebaz/452850310/

Fajitas!

Hotel Ballymun is great isn't it?

I had complete access to the whole block a few weeks back, a friend of mine and myself are most likely putting an interactive sound/photography basd installation in there in the next few weeks.

I think Nice smile in inner city Dublin and Reading By the Canal are much more interesting than the ones above!

thebaz

Fajitas! wrote:

Hotel Ballymun is great isn't it?

I had complete access to the whole block a few weeks back, a friend of mine and myself are most likely putting an interactive sound/photography basd installation in there in the next few weeks.

I think Nice smile in inner city Dublin and Reading By the Canal are much more interesting than the ones above!

As i said really reccomend it, good luck with your installation, its all so positive, going up the lift , they even have piped skinhead/ska music -- class !

Fajitas!

Lol, you should have seen the lift a few weeks back.

Borderfox

I spoke to a guy who serviced the lifts in the Ballymun towers, plenty of stories of Honda 50's brought in a set on fire, and you wouldnt believe the caustic properties of human urine on lift equipment!

ThOnda

I don't know, it looks so... ? I like BW, I am sorry. It looks a little "worse" for the subject, so it could be appropriate, don' you think? It is too colourful but not depressive as it should be.

thebaz

ThOnda wrote:

I don't know, it looks so... ? I like BW, I am sorry. It looks a little "worse" for the subject, so it could be appropriate, don' you think? It is too colourful but not depressive as it should be.

I think the whole idea is to change and challenge our views of Ballymun, and look upon Ballymun in a more positive light -- certainly the pub , the Towers , and the shopping centre were pretty depressing looking, but other parts of Ballymun have the glow of the Celtic tiger.

run_Forrest_run

I like your pics thebaz..some great views of a lesser known Dublin.